Media Advisory for Primary Election Aug. 5, 2025
(Sedgwick County, Kan.) – Primary Election Day is Tuesday, Aug. 5, with 33 polling locations in Sedgwick County open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Voters can find their polling place and view their sample ballot at Kansas Secretary of State | VoterView (voteks.org).
When polling places close on Tuesday, the Sedgwick County Election Office will begin the process of reporting unofficial results for the election.
How many votes have been cast so far?
Through Monday, Aug. 4, 1,045 registered voters have cast early ballots at the advance voting locations available in Sedgwick County.
The Election Office mailed 3,266 advance ballots to voters who applied to vote by mail. So far 1,309 ballots have been returned. Mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Aug. 5.
Election Day Media Coverage
Please be mindful not to disrupt citizens in the process of voting. If you want to get video inside a polling location, please check in with the Supervising Judge dedicated to each site. No voting will take place at the Election Office on Election Day.
Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Laura Rainwater will be available for media interviews upon request.
Polling sites recommended for media coverage include:
- Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center, 2755 E. 19th St. North, Wichita
- Grace Presbyterian Church - 5002 E. Douglas Ave., Wichita
- WSU Metroplex, 5015 E. 29th St. North, Wichita
- Maize City Hall, 10100Grady Ave., Maize
Election Night Media Coverage
An Election Office collaboration room will open at 6:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Sedgwick County Historic Courthouse, 510 N. Main, for the media to gather to await results. Once unofficial returns are in, Laura Rainwater will give a brief wrap-up statement in the media room.
The media point of contact for Election Day is Nicole Gibbs, Director of Strategic Communications. You can contact her at (office) 316-660-9386 or Nicole.Gibbs@sedgwick.gov / Communications@sedgwick.gov.
When all votes from Election Day polling places have been returned, tabulated and reported to the Secretary of State’s Office, the Election Office will post the unofficial results from Sedgwick County on the Election Office website: August 5, 2025 Primary Election | Sedgwick County, Kansas. The Election Office will then close until 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Election Office staff will be unable to respond to media requests during that time.
What ballots are left to count after Election Day?
Provisional ballots will be reviewed and counted at the canvass for the election, which begins Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. at the Election Office. The results will be certified when the canvass reconvenes at a time determined at canvass. Media and the public are welcome to attend the canvass. Official final results will be released after the canvass.
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